We have a few devices on the network that have administration webpages that are set to a defined username but no password and I would like to be able to scan the devices but I cannot create scan entries for them without setting a password.

Now, I know that "best practices" would entail actually setting passwords for these devices but that's not an option in this case (I know, I know, but don't go there). It would be grand if there was a way to leave the password blank and not have SW flag that as an error (maybe have an "Are you sure?" alert).

Is there a workaround for this situation? Thanks for the suggestions and guidance!

Thank you for your responses. I see the problem as I have been attempting to create the account when clicking "Manage Accounts" on the item and entering the username/password information there (so that I can immediately click to test the account). The blank password option doesn't exist there but it does exist in Network Scan settings page for adding a scan account.

Gabrielturgeon: thank you for your response, but I think you misunderstood. I stated that I was concerned with accessing "administration webpages" (i.e. HTTP access) not WMI information (i.e. Windows account access), so I'm not concerned about Windows accounts with blank passwords.

Also, anecdotally, I've experienced issues where Windows itself, out of the box, would not allow SMB access to accounts with blank passwords, regardless of permissions, so I would suspect that even if SW allowed you to create Windows accounts with blank passwords, the Windows systems probably would respond to WMI inquiries without one (just a hypothesis, though).